BLACKBURN'S claim to have the shortest yellow line in the UK has been shattered after an 18-inch line was found in London.

Last month we revealed how Blackburn with Darwen Council workers had painted a 39-inch long double yellow line in Swift Close, Blackburn. The council admitted contractors were meant to paint four metres.

Despite saying it was aware of the problem, the 39-inch line has been left for seven months.

Now an 18-inch line has been discovered in Highbury Crescent, north London.